Dong Nai steps up cooperation with Cuba localities

Member of the Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hong Linh and a delegation of the southern province paid a working trip to Cuba from September 26-29.
Dong Nai steps up cooperation with Cuba localities ảnh 1Secretary of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee Nguyen Hong Linh (L) in a meeting with Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto Morales Ojeda. (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) - Member ofthe Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Dong Nai provincial PartyCommittee Nguyen Hong Linh and a delegation of the southernprovince paid a working trip to Cuba from September 26-29.

Paying a courtesy visit to Politburo member and Permanent member of theSecretariat of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee Roberto MoralesOjeda, Linh affirmed the stance on unceasingly intensify and promote thespecial friendship and solidarity between the Communist Party of Vietnam andthe Communist Party of Cuba, as well as between the two countries' people.

The visit to Cuba has helped the Dong Nai delegation get a better insight intothe Caribbean country’s socio-economic situation, he said, stressing that there remainsample room for Dong Nai and Pinar del Río provinces to bolster economic and tradecooperation.

For his part, Morales Ojeda emphasised the importance of the Vietnam – Cuba fraternal relationship,and expressed his wish that both sides will continue boosting cooperationacross various sectors.

At a working session with leaders of the Havana Party Committee, the two sidesupdated each other of the socio-economic development in each locality,exchanged experience in Party building work, and discussed orientations andmeasures to promote and improve cooperation efficiency between the twolocalities in the potential fields of healthcare, agriculture, trade, cultureand education.

Dong Nai steps up cooperation with Cuba localities ảnh 2The Dong Nai delegation has a working session with leaders of Pinar del Río province. (Photo: VNA)
Receiving the Dong Nai delegation, member of the Communist Party ofCuba Central Committee and First Secretary of the Party Committee of Pinar del Río province Ramos Cordero briefed theguests of local potential, particularly in agriculture.

Linh spoke highly of the Cuban province’s efforts to ensure social welfare forlocal residents, affirming that Dong Nai in particular and Vietnam as a wholeare willing to support Cuba, and hope that Cuba will overcome difficulties.

During their stay in Cuba, the delegation also studied the potential of theMariel Special Economic Development Zone – the most important strategic economiczone of Cuba; had a working session with the Ministry of Foreign Tradeand Foreign Investment; met with Head of the Cuban Party Central Committee’s Departmentof International Relations Emilio Lozada García, and President of the CubanInstitute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and Hero of the Republic of Cuba Fernando González Llort; laid flowers in tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his statue in Havana, and visitedFidel Castro Centre which collects, stores, preserves and honours theCuban leader’s legacy./.
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